SOLAR
/ ANECHOIC is a solo exhibition by photographer Alastair Philip Wiper in connection with Copenhagen Photo Festival from the 6th to 16th of June. It deals
with the unintentional beauty of science and research facilities: in
particular, the anechoic chambers at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
and the Four Solaire in the French Pyrenees, the world’s largest solar furnace.
These facilities are designed to be purely functional, to push the limits of
heat, radio and sound waves, and they are awe inspiring in their contribution
to the advancement of mankind both on our planet and in space. They are also
remarkable in another way: their visual impact. Without understanding the
complexities of the functions of the facilities it is possible to marvel at the
ingenuity of human beings and their ability to create such inadvertent
masterpieces.

Alastair
Philip Wiper is a British photographer based in Copenhagen and working
worldwide. Alastair’s work provokes analysis of the magnificence of human
ingenuity, and the importance of industry and science as a cause for
celebration. The search for his subject matter has taken him to weird and
wonderful places such as the laboratories of CERN in Switzerland, waste
incineration plants in Denmark, and gin distilleries and flour mills in the UK.